Help with diagnosing why air is leaking through my rim
06-06-2009, 01:21 PM
#1
Help with diagnosing why air is leaking through my rim
Just got these brand new rims put on last night.
Woke up this morn and one of my front tires was completely flat while the other front was very low.
Finally saw that air was leaking through the rivet/screws that bolt these 3 piece rims together while I was washing the car.
Made a movie (below) where you can see the bubbles being made when I put soap on the actual rims. You can also hear the air escaping.
I have contacted the company i purchased these from but I think they are closed today so I'll have to wait till Monday.
In the meantime, do you think the rims were did not seal completely? Why would this happen?
Thx in advance!
Movie here -> http://gallery.me.com/jamesobrien#100152
Woke up this morn and one of my front tires was completely flat while the other front was very low.
Finally saw that air was leaking through the rivet/screws that bolt these 3 piece rims together while I was washing the car.
Made a movie (below) where you can see the bubbles being made when I put soap on the actual rims. You can also hear the air escaping.
I have contacted the company i purchased these from but I think they are closed today so I'll have to wait till Monday.
In the meantime, do you think the rims were did not seal completely? Why would this happen?
Thx in advance!
Movie here -> http://gallery.me.com/jamesobrien#100152
06-06-2009, 01:37 PM
#2
Race Car
I think with modular rims, there is sometimes a bead of silicone sealing pieces after assembly...sounds like it's leaking. If they are FVD/Speedlines, they use a rubber gasket that is likely not assembled correctly.
06-06-2009, 11:03 PM
#5
Rennlist Member
My SSR GT3s have more than a simple rubber gasket. They also have some sort of a layer of tape joining the two halves.
You can probably fix that leak with some silicone. A friend of mine rebuilt his Kinesis rims that way. It was a year ago and still no leak.
You can probably fix that leak with some silicone. A friend of mine rebuilt his Kinesis rims that way. It was a year ago and still no leak.
06-11-2009, 02:09 PM
#7
Update - both front rims did not hold air.. at all. Back rims are fine.
Sent fronts back. They are determining what went wrong during the build process (my $ is on what 95_993 said above) and will then rebuild me brand new ones. It's been a pain but hopefully it will work out in the end.
For now I am back on my 17" cup wheels.
Sent fronts back. They are determining what went wrong during the build process (my $ is on what 95_993 said above) and will then rebuild me brand new ones. It's been a pain but hopefully it will work out in the end.
For now I am back on my 17" cup wheels.
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06-11-2009, 04:47 PM
#9
Rennlist Member
Update - both front rims did not hold air.. at all. Back rims are fine.
Sent fronts back. They are determining what went wrong during the build process (my $ is on what 95_993 said above) and will then rebuild me brand new ones. It's been a pain but hopefully it will work out in the end.
For now I am back on my 17" cup wheels.
Sent fronts back. They are determining what went wrong during the build process (my $ is on what 95_993 said above) and will then rebuild me brand new ones. It's been a pain but hopefully it will work out in the end.
For now I am back on my 17" cup wheels.
On another note, do you have any pics of that GTS of your's?
06-11-2009, 09:26 PM
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